The 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey is often called the “zero point of history”, said The Archaeologist. But ...
New research in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that the ancient ‘Lazarus’ primate was North America's last until humans arrived.
What made this encounter truly extraordinary was Samoset's command of the English language. He had learned to speak English from fishermen who worked the waters off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of ...
Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia.
Michigan is the ancestral homeland of Anishinaabe peoples, namely the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi — the historic Council of Three Fires alliance — and the Indigenous presence pre-dates European ...
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The Ten Best History Books of 2025

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From wealth to technology, America is surging. So why do experts fear a Roman downfall could be on the horizon?
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Elon Musk is putting money toward a digital renaissance of archaeology aimed at reimagining life in ancient Rome — with the potential to rewrite history books. The Tesla CEO recently donated $1 ...
U.S. support for Ukraine’s war efforts doesn’t have to be foreign aid or investment. The U.S. should be financing Ukraine’s ...
Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that ...